MCQ
Meristem culture is practised on horticulture to get:
- ASomaclonal variation
- BHaploids
- CVirus-free plants
- DSlow-growing callus
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Answer
- Virus-free plants
Explanation:
In meristem culture, shoot apex is used as an explant that possesses meristematic cells that have the ability to divide continuously and thus do not carry a virus. Thus the plantlets produced from this culture are virus-free plants.
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